European Patent Convention (EPC 1973)

A revised version of the European Patent Convention entered into force on 13 December 2007. The provisions of the revised Convention apply unless the transitional provisions provide for the applicability of the EPC 1973.

Consolidation of a European patent application with a Euro-PCT-application - Refund of the examination fee

At present all EPC Contracting States are also PCT Contracting States. The principles apply to cases predating this state of affairs and to future applications designating European Contracting States for which the PCT is not in force.

11/82

1982, 57

Revocation of the European patent during opposition proceedings

Relates to revocation at the request of the patent proprietor. See also decision T 73/84 (OJ EPO 1985, 241) and T 186/84 (OJ EPO 1986, 79).